at 5 PM on the UW Quad! Rain location will be in the cafe in Paccar Hall.
Meet new people and enjoy FREE SNACKS! Just look for the feather boas!
READER/GRADER NEEDED AT PROGRAM ON THE ENVIRONMENT ASAP!
Program on the Environment has an outstanding opportunity for a Reader/Grader for Environmental Studies Capstone Courses, Autumn 2012.
The UW Program on the Environment is seeking a reader/grader to provide support for ENVIR 490 (Pre-Capstone Seminar) and ENVIR 492 (Post-Capstone Seminar) in the Autumn Quarter of 2012. The capstone sequence of courses (ENVIR 490–491–492) is required for all UW seniors majoring in Environmental Studies. These courses are designed to provide students with hands-on experience in environment-related work, to improve their written and oral communication skills, and to help them prepare for their next steps after graduation—either in graduate school or in a career field. As such, the reader/grader will copyedit not only traditional academic products (rough and final drafts of papers) but also resumes and work plans.
The capstone reader/grader's primary role is to help the capstone instructor copyedit student work.
For more information please visit UWHusky Jobs search for position #64995.
We are giving an information session this week on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This is a great opportunity for them to begin to think about putting an application together for the upcoming cycle, to get questions answered about the application process, and to learn more about how the fellowship can help support their academic career.
While there may be an assumption this funding would be only for the "usual suspects" (e.g., life sciences, engineering, math, etc.), there are a surprising number of social science disciplines included in the eligibility list, including STEM education, Political Science, Public Policy, Communication, Anthropology, History, and Sociology. We encourage you to have students who have a scientific focus in their research look into this fellowship.
We strongly encourage all eligible students to apply for this fellowship, even if they already have a guarantee of funding from your academic program. Students apply for this opportunity directly and individually to NSF; applications are not routed through the UW.
Landing such funding not only provides students with flexibility, it also provides departments with funding flexibility.
We would also welcome your attendance at this. Finally, if you plan to hold your own information sessions about this program, we would be happy to attend and discuss how the award works at the UW as well as strategies about applying. Fellows who hold the GRFP are managed through the Graduate School, and we are very familiar with the entire program and successful approaches to the application process. Just let us know if you're interested.
NSF's GRFP is one of the premier opportunities to fund your graduate study. It provides 3 years of funding that you can use in a 5 year time frame. This includes a $30,000 annual stipend and full cost of tuition/fees covered. For UW graduate students, GAIP health insurance is also covered.
The information session will cover the application process, strategies for successful applications and more details regarding how the fellowship operates. Application deadlines range from November 13-19, 2012. Students should start their applications now.
If you can't attend a session but are interested in applying and want further information, do not hesitate to contact us.